iOS5 vs WP7 Mango – Thorough Overview

I walk through iOS5 and WP7 Mango and show the different concepts of each in depth. This is a long video to try and show you every thing I could of how each phone OS is different from one another. Check out the video for all the details and be sure to comment below on which phone you like better.

[…] Zollotech have published this 20 min review of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango vs iOS5 on the iPhone 4S. […]

Charles
on October 21, 2011 at 7:09 pm

WP7 is definately a lot nicer… very fluid and smooth. And this is on a year old Samsung focus running on a single core 1Ghz, I can only imagine it would be a lot faster on the HTC Titan or even the HTC Radar.

Charles
on October 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm

WP7 is definately a lot nicer… very fluid and smooth. And this is on a year old Samsung focus running on a single core 1Ghz, I can only imagine it would be a lot faster on the HTC Titan or even the HTC Radar.

robbie
on October 21, 2011 at 8:23 pm

Wp7 for me, it’s very elegant and minimalistic.

Charles
on October 21, 2011 at 8:34 pm

One thing I don’t understand, why would you call the live tiles on WP7 boring? Actually is bigger and can have animation and iOS icons can do what?

Minh
on October 21, 2011 at 9:29 pm

You should mention the inclusion of Office in WP7 by default. Also, applications in WP7 are just as stylized as applications in iOS. I do not understand your comments that iOS is more stylized? The music hub or the picture hub clearly shows the style of WP7, where there are more than just text on the screen. Outside of that, it seems like a 1-year old WP7 phone with a single core runs even smoother than the newer iPhone 4S.

Minh
on October 22, 2011 at 1:29 am

You should mention the inclusion of Office in WP7 by default. Also, applications in WP7 are just as stylized as applications in iOS. I do not understand your comments that iOS is more stylized? The music hub or the picture hub clearly shows the style of WP7, where there are more than just text on the screen. Outside of that, it seems like a 1-year old WP7 phone with a single core runs even smoother than the newer iPhone 4S.

admin
on October 21, 2011 at 9:35 pm

That is coming from them being one solid color, not necessarily what is on them. So they aren’t really boring, I would like a bit more of a gradient or be able to change color of the tile individually is all.

admin
on October 22, 2011 at 1:35 am

That is coming from them being one solid color, not necessarily what is on them. So they aren’t really boring, I would like a bit more of a gradient or be able to change color of the tile individually is all.

admin
on October 21, 2011 at 9:37 pm

True I should mention Office. When I say stylized I guess I should say they are all very similarly laid out. This is good and bad as in it never really changes much, but is easy to navigate.

admin
on October 22, 2011 at 1:37 am

True I should mention Office. When I say stylized I guess I should say they are all very similarly laid out. This is good and bad as in it never really changes much, but is easy to navigate.

I liked the review, it felt like a feature list , it would nice to see experience on each :

I would like to see common actions done on both devices/OS to see how they differ.

Ie:
1.Take a picture , crop the picture , and email to a friend. – go thru step by step
2. look up a restaurant by it’s name , then get direction for it.
3. Add a new contact – say you just met someone
4. Share the address of the restaurant you just looked up with 2 friends via text , and ask them to come by.
5. Set an alarm to wake you up on weekdays only at 5:30 am
6. Respond to a text MSG you just go. What are the steps
7. Make a grocery list and email it to your wife
8. Find the highest rated Thai restaurant in the area.
Go thru step by step and compare contrast the two.
Which takes more steps , which feels more fluid , etc.

Some of these things can be done in various ways on each phone , please show all of the different ways – this would be very helpful.

Ron
on October 22, 2011 at 1:52 pm

I liked the review, it felt like a feature list , it would nice to see experience on each :
I would like to see common actions done on both devices/OS to see how they differ.

Ie:
1.Take a picture , crop the picture , and email to a friend. – go thru step by step
2. look up a restaurant by it’s name , then get direction for it.
3. Add a new contact – say you just met someone
4. Share the address of the restaurant you just looked up with 2 friends via text , and ask them to come by.
5. Set an alarm to wake you up on weekdays only at 5:30 am
6. Respond to a text MSG you just go. What are the steps
7. Make a grocery list and email it to your wife
8. Find the highest rated Thai restaurant in the area.
Go thru step by step and compare contrast the two.
Which takes more steps , which feels more fluid , etc.

Some of these things can be done in various ways on each phone , please show all of the different ways – this would be very helpful.

Mikado Wu
on October 22, 2011 at 11:18 am

In the Camera section I would have added the auto skydrive feature and the sharing feature.

This is the best side-by-side showing that I have seen. Used it twice to help people decide all ready.

Mikado Wu
on October 22, 2011 at 3:18 pm

In the Camera section I would have added the auto skydrive feature and the sharing feature.
This is the best side-by-side showing that I have seen. Used it twice to help people decide all ready.

Great review! I have been using the Samsung Focus for a year now, and I’m still very impressed with it. Mango has really brought the Windows Phone platform to a worth level. I do like the idea behind Siri and look forward to seeing if Microsoft will expand the voice capabilities of Windows Phone; there is already a lot you can do with voice but it is command based and not natural language based. Its like the difference between Mac users and Windows users it will boil down to what in there mind they like better, both are capable systems just go about doing the same thing in different ways. I’m a PC and will always be a PC. 🙂

Bob Von Roch
on October 22, 2011 at 9:39 pm

Great review! I have been using the Samsung Focus for a year now, and I’m still very impressed with it. Mango has really brought the Windows Phone platform to a worth level. I do like the idea behind Siri and look forward to seeing if Microsoft will expand the voice capabilities of Windows Phone; there is already a lot you can do with voice but it is command based and not natural language based. Its like the difference between Mac users and Windows users it will boil down to what in there mind they like better, both are capable systems just go about doing the same thing in different ways. I’m a PC and will always be a PC. 🙂

Troller
on October 23, 2011 at 4:30 am

Good job with the review. I haven’t used the iphone but I noticed that inbox+calendar are much better looking on the iPhone. I guess this is why you have the impression that WP7 is boring and iPhone apps are prettier. But there are lots of good looking apps on WP7 much better looking than iOS thanks to the pivoting and background transitioning effect, try out the FoodSpotting app on WP7 and you will know what I mean.

Troller
on October 23, 2011 at 8:30 am

Good job with the review. I haven’t used the iphone but I noticed that inbox+calendar are much better looking on the iPhone. I guess this is why you have the impression that WP7 is boring and iPhone apps are prettier. But there are lots of good looking apps on WP7 much better looking than iOS thanks to the pivoting and background transitioning effect, try out the FoodSpotting app on WP7 and you will know what I mean.

Derek
on October 23, 2011 at 9:13 pm

You showed how the camera can be activated with the hardware button, but my favorite part of the WP camera is that you can TAKE a picture with the hardware button. Coupled with being able to do it from when it’s asleep, it makes the phone an ideal point and shoot camera that you end up taking with you everywhere for everyday picture taking and you never miss that important shot!

Derek
on October 24, 2011 at 1:13 am

You showed how the camera can be activated with the hardware button, but my favorite part of the WP camera is that you can TAKE a picture with the hardware button. Coupled with being able to do it from when it’s asleep, it makes the phone an ideal point and shoot camera that you end up taking with you everywhere for everyday picture taking and you never miss that important shot!